Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Floribundas Pruning for Floribundas follows the same general principles as for H.T.s , except that it should & not so hard — the first year cut-back should be T-2 inches ( 2.5–5cm ) longer , leaving some 4–6 inches ( 10–15cm ) of stem from the base and still aiming for outward-pointing buds to develop the open cup shape . |
| 2 | You will be concerned with what may be called the degree of pruning : do you prune hard , ruthlessly to ground level , or not so drastically ? |
| 3 | I thrived on the praise and admiration , loved to show off , and secretly ( or not so secretly ) thought myself superior to older children who had not yet acquired my special skills . |
| 4 | So what we 're going to do is to trail our coats in a variety of sessions , to suggest a variety of things to you , and see whether you agree with them or not so please feel free to come in as and when appropriate and see what you think . |
| 5 | Because she has not been caught either , or not so blatantly that one has had to stop pretending to look the other way . |
| 6 | Simply ( or not so simply ) to relocate value onto consumption not only misrecognizes ethnography , it also leaves behind it a problem in the aesthetics of production — a problem which has both critical and political dimensions . |
| 7 | ‘ Indeed , ’ he said flatly , ‘ we see one among them who does not serve you , Khan , or not so far as we are aware . |
| 8 | How do you cope with it , the ninety three of you who get depressed from time to time , whether it 's severely or or or or not so severely ? |
| 9 | The little sunlit thing had some numen ; or not so much a divinity , as a having known divinity , in it ; of being ultimately certain . |
| 10 | It was also agreed that the same card could be used to operate the locks which have already been installed on doors within the foyer , although not so far activated . |
| 11 | It went on falling steadily , although not so rapidly as this . |
| 12 | It is hard to imagine that not so very long ago there were no words for sellotape , instant-mix , deep-freeze , TV , drip-dry , silicon chip or jet-lag . |
| 13 | On these occasions , it is hard to realise that not so very far away , industry and commerce are hard at work . |
| 14 | ‘ For those who think that this is window dressing , I pause to remind you that not so long ago the Lord Chancellor was himself the subject of judicial review proceedings , ’ he added . |
| 15 | To think that not so long ago I had been one of these creatures , peddling off through the drizzle to a dead-end job ! |
| 16 | I should add that I had some entertainment on learning that not so long ago the local minister had run off with a young man . |
| 17 | The reason I 'm telling you all this is that not so long ago the PD scene seemed to be in decline . |
| 18 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 19 | It 's a challenge all the more remarkable for the fact that not so long ago jetting off on holiday made her weak at the knees … |
| 20 | This would be based on the argument that , due to the large number of premises , we will recover our costs , albeit not so quickly . |
| 21 | Particularly in secluded , well sheltered , and not so well ventilated gardens , the open centre — and perhaps also the planting distance between plants so that they do not merge and clash — is more important with Floribundas . |
| 22 | A really well-designed state pension scheme ( complete with lump sums ) and not so closely tied to employment history as any of the current schemes on offer , could probably do as well or better than occupational or personal pension provision for most women . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , picking her way delicately for his sake , ‘ the cloth still finds its way in , though not so freely and not so profitably . |
| 24 | Although with the building of the railways its share reached a third ( 35 per cent in 1841 – 60 ) , the 1760 – 1820 contribution was equal to that in manufacturing and trade in 1761 – 90 , and not so far behind it , or agriculture , in 1791 – 1820 . |
| 25 | ‘ Her young man was taken prisoner at Dunkirk and not so long ago her father was badly hurt in the Clydeside blitz , but you 'd never know it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a lovely piano , and not so very much out of tune . |
| 27 | Somewhere , and not so very far off , there was a musket fight . |
| 28 | However , there do exist , and not so uncommonly that they can be safely ignored , minimal semantic constituents which consist of more than one word . |
| 29 | Billy : ‘ For the first LP ( Gish ) , I was really trying to express more … like a feeling and not so much something specific . |
| 30 | It was not until the last hymn that Ianthe happened to turn her head slightly and not so much see him as become conscious that he was sitting behind her and presumably had been throughout the service . |